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TexasBushwhacker

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4. I remember when you had to RENT your phone from

Sun Aug 23, 2015, 10:02 PM

Aug 2015

AT&T, and the phone numbers had letters at the beginning that stood for something. Ours was PR4-7469. PR stood for Prescott, which was the phone switch our neighborhood was connected to. You couldn't keep your phone number if you moved across town.

And I remember my parents' car - a black Mercury convertible.

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I am so old I remember when the Naugahydes went extinct. How old are you? [View all] dixiegrrrrl Aug 2015 OP

I remember the hanging of Hattie Ledoux seveneyes Aug 2015 #1

I'm so old I fart dust. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2015 #2

I was sad when they went extinct, they were cute... PoliticAverse Aug 2015 #3

I remember when you had to RENT your phone from TexasBushwhacker Aug 2015 #4

That IS some car....wow. n/t dixiegrrrrl Aug 2015 #6

Yeah, it would be a classic if we still had it TexasBushwhacker Aug 2015 #7

we had a buick estate wagon as the family backup car for awhile fizzgig Aug 2015 #11

I had to parallel park the damn thing TexasBushwhacker Aug 2015 #14

i would park that thing as far away as possible fizzgig Aug 2015 #18

Now, I remember the parallel parking on the driver's test hamsterjill Aug 2015 #30

I still have an estate wagon. A 1990 The Second Stone Aug 2015 #17

ours would stall if you gunned the engine fizzgig Aug 2015 #19

Mine still does. Only allows heavy acceleration, no stomping The Second Stone Aug 2015 #35

That looks like my uncle's car! With six kids they needed it csziggy Aug 2015 #25

It makes some people nauseous TexasBushwhacker Aug 2015 #31

Looks like the one I bought recycled60 Aug 2015 #29

we had one of those but it was white nt steve2470 Aug 2015 #38

I remember just 5 numbers and a two-party line. trof Aug 2015 #46

Eight party line. rogerashton Aug 2015 #51

ours was me-632 pscot Aug 2015 #95

They roamed the plains and Peregrine Aug 2015 #5

You mean Kit Karr, that lazy boy? n/t csziggy Aug 2015 #26

The soles of my feet are still burned... qnr Aug 2015 #8

I had a party line. Look tbat one up Lochloosa Aug 2015 #9

My aunt & uncle had one TexasBushwhacker Aug 2015 #12

Interestingly, qnr Aug 2015 #13

We had one of those, in a town of 55,000, in the late 1950's. dixiegrrrrl Aug 2015 #15

We had one too...in the 60's! CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2015 #16

Used my grandparents' outhouse, and fell in a cesspool. Hoyt Aug 2015 #10

I remember the bio-mechanical channel selector. chknltl Aug 2015 #20

When I was born, Christ was a Lance Corporal...nt Wounded Bear Aug 2015 #21

I am so old I remember Los Angeles OxQQme Aug 2015 #22

so old that I remember when Mother created the universe. niyad Aug 2015 #23

We rode mastodons to school. n/t sarge43 Aug 2015 #24

Uphill both ways? dixiegrrrrl Aug 2015 #28

Through 6 feet of snow. recycled60 Aug 2015 #32

6 feet of snow?! sarge43 Aug 2015 #33

No, but getting across the glacier could be tricky. n/t sarge43 Aug 2015 #34

I really DID walk uphill both ways to school jmowreader Aug 2015 #70

I'm so old I have a scrapbook full of snapshots taken with my Swinger camera. nt valerief Aug 2015 #27

Ha! Polaroids have a certain look TexasBushwhacker Aug 2015 #36

. kwassa Aug 2015 #97

I loved the Swinger TV commercial Art_from_Ark Aug 2015 #48

Did you recognize the brunette TexasBushwhacker Aug 2015 #98

I had heard that Ali McGraw was in the commercial, Art_from_Ark Aug 2015 #99

I'm so old, I remember when dust was ROCKS! steve2470 Aug 2015 #37

I remember a lid being ten bucks, denbot Aug 2015 #39

Ha! you got me! dixiegrrrrl Aug 2015 #42

Old enough to drink & too young to know better. GOLGO 13 Aug 2015 #40

I was just thinking of my lavender banana bike, just today. Baitball Blogger Aug 2015 #41

I'm not too old to rock and roll, and sure as hell too young to die... MrMickeysMom Aug 2015 #43

I have a rotary phone. MosheFeingold Aug 2015 #44

Wow.....that was fascinating. dixiegrrrrl Aug 2015 #45

wow incredible stuff steve2470 Aug 2015 #55

I did meet President Reagan many times MosheFeingold Aug 2015 #61

please say more about LBJ, thanks so much! nt steve2470 Aug 2015 #62

I don't know much about PRESIDENT LBJ MosheFeingold Aug 2015 #73

great stuff! Can you say a bit more about Nixon ? steve2470 Aug 2015 #76

I really can't MosheFeingold Aug 2015 #82

hey, if you have any other stories, feel free to share! steve2470 Aug 2015 #83

Sure MosheFeingold Aug 2015 #84

love your stories steve2470 Aug 2015 #85

I agree with the book idea. malthaussen Aug 2015 #106

Robert Caro's voluminous bio of LBJ says the same thing... dixiegrrrrl Aug 2015 #91

Here's one MosheFeingold Aug 2015 #102

My brother once took a smoke break with Reagan... malthaussen Aug 2015 #105

I remember the shame of having HeiressofBickworth Aug 2015 #47

Remember nailing roller skates to a board to make a skateboard? pinboy3niner Aug 2015 #50

I was the go-to-kid for busting apart the rivets on the metal skates Brother Buzz Aug 2015 #79

Or baseall cards. malthaussen Aug 2015 #107

Indeed I do. 3catwoman3 Aug 2015 #109

My gradmother came west in 1906 in a train, from Chicago. dixiegrrrrl Aug 2015 #53

This message was self-deleted by its author pinboy3niner Aug 2015 #49

We got TV when I was 10. rogerashton Aug 2015 #52

I remember there were 3 tv stations only, and test patterns. dixiegrrrrl Aug 2015 #54

I had 1 tv station. Channel 6 Kaleva Aug 2015 #63

I remember actually having to trudge down to the library if I wanted to know something... steve2470 Aug 2015 #56

My Grandmother had encyclopedias, dixiegrrrrl Aug 2015 #57

your grandmother was like my Dad which is great steve2470 Aug 2015 #77

Like many many others have said...reading saved my life dixiegrrrrl Aug 2015 #92

"When I was a boy, the Dead Sea was only sick." George Burns n/t sarge43 Aug 2015 #58

I'm so old, I remember when TLC was The Learning Chanel. sakabatou Aug 2015 #59

40 years ago today was my first day in high school (no lie)... eom mak3cats Aug 2015 #60

I'm going to my 40th reunion in September n/t TexasBushwhacker Aug 2015 #66

My first school desks had inkwells. Special Prosciuto Aug 2015 #64

Old enough to leave me something to remember you by seveneyes Aug 2015 #65

I remember the Nauga - it was very cute eom LiberalElite Aug 2015 #67

37 BlueJazz Aug 2015 #68

I'm so old I used to have to get off my butt MaggieD Aug 2015 #69

I am pre-tv. dixiegrrrrl Aug 2015 #78

Old enough to know how to call the neighbors on a party line jmowreader Aug 2015 #71

I'm not old. KMOD Aug 2015 #72

Excuse Me But You Have That Wrong! ProfessorGAC Aug 2015 #74

I used to dress like this... Tom_Foolery Aug 2015 #75

Some fashion trends come back, but not that one n/t TexasBushwhacker Aug 2015 #100

I am so old I remember how to adjust the vertical hold on a television Brother Buzz Aug 2015 #80

ohhh..I had forgotten those buttons/knobs. dixiegrrrrl Aug 2015 #81

I am so old I saw the Howdy Doody show live. BdAzzSRT Aug 2015 #86

OMG dixiegrrrrl Aug 2015 #87

I remember watching the Outer Limits in, maybe, 1963 and being scared out of my mind steve2470 Aug 2015 #88

A well meaning aunt took me to the movies when I was 5-6..to see King Kong! dixiegrrrrl Aug 2015 #93

It was Alfred Hitchcock for me TexasBushwhacker Aug 2015 #96

I've been asking these questions lately, BarbaRosa Aug 2015 #89

I've been singing this... 3catwoman3 Aug 2015 #110

Playing Michigan Rummy on the front porch during the summer, identifying all those cars Gloria Aug 2015 #90

I remember having a discussion with Richard the Lionheart over the use of trebouchet's and the madinmaryland Aug 2015 #94

A store's toilet room door that frogmarch Aug 2015 #101

I used to wear velour shirts. nt Bonobo Aug 2015 #103

Well, I was born while the Dodgers were still in Brooklyn... malthaussen Aug 2015 #104

Old enough to remember being thrilled when hifiguy Aug 2015 #108

I'm so old my first camera was a Brownie Starflash PADemD Aug 2015 #111

I remember steel dashboard and no seatbelts Kali Aug 2015 #112

I was Shakespeare's editor. UrbScotty Aug 2015 #113